David – Paul Dresher/Ned Rothenberg – “Untold Story: Sidi Infi/Bolero in Straight Jabs” – When something is abstract but done in a highly repetitive, loop-like structure it becomes more listenable, hypnotic and grooves on some level. This really mesmerizing and reminds me of the pygmy music from the Until the End of the World soundtrack. That music may have been looped as well but if I recall correctly there were rich patterns and cycles in their vocal sequences. The Sesh starts with a tone setter.
Bart – Jakob Bro/Joe Lovano – “Song to an Old Friend” – Incredibly restrained, perhaps some of my favorite Joe Lovano here. He sounds remarkably different than what I expect his tone to be. This sets a continuation of tone and, for me, sparks thoughts of an Andrew Hill album Smokestack, also with 2 bassists which I believe I am going to pluck my play from. The double rhythm section play amazingly well together. Nothing intrusive and I may not have known there were 2 drummers and bassists on the recording if I hadn’t seen it.
Travis – Boban Markovic Orkestar – “Bugarcica” – A mid Sesh hot Banger!! Pretty unusual song but clearly an intense, Balkan dance band. I think the composition is modern, not traditional, but I could be wrong and this sounds newer than some of the brass bands I am familiar with. It interrupts the mood of the Sesh without disrupting it, because I’m still going with moods next.
Dan – Andrew Hill – “Not So” – A lot of music I love I don’t necessarily think of for a Seshjawn play. There is an assumption, on my part, that formative musical favorites of mine – music I’ve lived with for 30+ years, is music my friends are also familiar with. This happens when I play too, my stuff, when I am playing with friends seems like ideas they will have heard me play before – and therefor I qualm that the ideas are stale & boring. I think I’m wrong in both cases. At least in this case I don’t think the gang is familiar with these Andrew Hill tracks. Andrew is one of my most important musical influences. I nearly played “Wailing Wall” with the haunting bowed double basses but went with this twirling, never catch me song. It embodies his unique knack for lacking resolution with memorable, distinct melodic fragments.
Nawi – Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra – Promises [Movement 3, 4 & 5] – Promises I first heard on a Seshjawn, when it came out, David Fishkin debuted it for us. I love it. It haunts, it continues the mood and it is hard to take it off. So we listen to it awhile trapped in that unique, glacial movement the piece has. I wanted to do a “Shared Experience” with my 8th Graders post Covid, in 2022, where we collectively listened to this while walking around the neighborhood near the school, but we ran out of time.
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